Synonyms for plausible
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Believable — seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; conceivably true or likely
believable, possible, reasonable, credible, specious, feasible, tenable, apparent, seeming, ostensible, colorable US, colourable UK, insincere, colored US, coloured UK, superficial
Definitions
- adj. 1
Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; conceivably true or likely.
Related words
- Word family
- plausibility plausibleness plausibly
- Phrases
- plausible deniability plausible denial
Example sentences
- reasonable If the price is reasonable, I want to buy the car.
- credible It wasn't true, but at first it sounded credible.
- believable It's very hard to make anything believable to him.
- specious Tom's arguments are entirely specious.
- glib He may seem glib, but he knows what he's talking about.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| plausible | rising | |
| reasonable | falling | |
| credible | rising | |
| believable | rising | |
| specious | falling | |
| glib | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- glib1
- 5 letters
- slick1
- 7 letters
- colored2, seeming2, tenable3
- 8 letters
- possible3, apparent3, coloured2, credible3, feasible3, specious2
- 9 letters
- insincere3, colorable, truthlike
- 10 letters
- reasonable4, believable4, ostensible4, colourable
- 11 letters
- superficial4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (colored2 = 2 syllables).